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994020

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the gender equalisation of car insurance premiums on the cost of car insurance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	183323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Following a European Court of Justice ruling, the use of gender to calculate car insurance premiums ended in December 2012.</p><p>HM Treasury is undertaking a statutory post-implementation review of the SI implementing this ban on the use of gender in insurance pricing. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2018 14:53:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

994158

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve Highways England responsibilities within Greater Manchester to the Mayor or its component local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	183428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does expect Highways England to work closely with city region mayors and local highway authorities so that local and strategic road networks operate in a highly integrated way. There are no plans to devolve Highways England’s responsibilities for the nation’s strategic roads where they pass through Greater Manchester (or other city regions). But the Government does expect Highways England to work closely with all city region mayors and local highway authorities so that local and strategic road networks can operate in a highly integrated way.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2018 16:34:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

994233

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways and Aviation: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) rail and (b) air fares that were booked online in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) DfT does not routinely hold data on the number of rail fares booked online.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The proportions of surveyed air passengers departing selected UK airports that booked their air ticket online in each of the last three years are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Proportion of passengers booking their air ticket through the internet, 2015-2017 Source: CAA Departing Passenger Survey</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Survey airport</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>77.60%</p></td><td><p>76.90%</p></td><td><p>76.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>79.60%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>68.80%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>80.50%</p></td><td><p>78.50%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Bradford</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>29.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London City</p></td><td><p>64.90%</p></td><td><p>65.30%</p></td><td><p>67.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>68.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>94.00%</p></td><td><p>93.00%</p></td><td><p>91.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>69.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td><td><p>70.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stansted</p></td><td><p>93.10%</p></td><td><p>89.80%</p></td><td><p>92.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unweighted sample size</p></td><td><p>64,161</p></td><td><p>48,836</p></td><td><p>57,777</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Based on the question Where did you book your ticket?' asked as part of the CAA departing passenger survey. The CAA departing passenger survey is asked at a selection of UK airports every year to obtain information about air travellers and the determinants of the travel market.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>'-' indicates that the airport was not surveyed in the year, or the question of ticket booking was not asked to passengers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Booking through the internet can entail booking online with the airline directly or through a tour operator/travel agent.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Passengers surveyed may be of any residency, and are either travelling from a UK airport or passing through a UK airport when surveyed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2018 17:14:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994287

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on the implementation of Class E airspace with transponder mandatory zones in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	183506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions with the CAA on the implementation of Class E airspace in UK. In accordance with the Air Navigation Directions 2017, the policy on the classification of airspace and its implementation lies with the independent airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>However, as The Government continues to modernise our airspace, it needs to be mindful of longer term changes that will have an impact on wider airspace management. This includes the increasing need to enable the safe integration, rather than segregation, of all aircraft. This is why, as part of the Aviation Strategy, The Department is working with the CAA to explore a new policy on mandating electronic identification for all users.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2018 13:22:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

994304

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request that the outcome of the Civil Aviation Authority's consultation on changing Class E airspace procedures be shared with his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	183313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>There has not been a specific consultation launched on changing Class E airspace by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) but airspace users have asked about its use.</p><p>The department has a close working relationship with the CAA and documents are routinely shared. This would include any outcome of the information request about Class E.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2018 18:09:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 81659 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

993757

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the contribution from (a) local authorities, (b) local enterprise partnerships and (c) other local sources to meet the (i) targets, (ii) aims and (iii) ambitions of the cycling and walking investment strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	182875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, set out that £1.2 billion of funding would be available to be invested in measures to increase cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021. The estimated contributions from local authorities and local enterprise partnerships of funding allocated from central government funds during this period are detailed in the table below. No estimate has been made of the total contribution of locally generated funds from local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of the Strategy, additional funding streams have been made available to local authorities including the £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund, £220 million through the Clean Air Fund and £5 billion through the Housing Infrastructure Fund. The bidding processes for these new funds are still underway so allocations to cycling and walking are not yet known.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LA/LEP contributions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Growth Fund</p></td><td><p>476.4<sup>1</sup> (597)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cycle Ambition Cities</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Access Fund</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrated Transport Block</p></td><td><p>193.5<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways Maintenance Fund</p></td><td><p>196<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup> </sup></p><p>Note: table does not include central Government funding provided directly to Highways England and for the Bikeability programme.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in Jan 2016. <sup>2</sup>Revised figure including final round of Local Growth Fund based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in spring 2018. <sup>3</sup>Based on previous trends. <sup>4</sup>Based on 9% formula weighting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2018 13:31:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury